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Canadian Trucking Companies

Canada depends on their export products for most of the nation ’ s revenue ; nicknamed by North America as “ The Great White North ” – Canada has exported goods valued at $ 420.6 billion USD in the year 2017 . This amount is a decrease of 7.9 % from the 2013 numbers , however the numbers are up 8.1 % for the years 2016 and 2017 .
The goods that Canada exports amounts to 31.4 % of the Canadian Gross Domestic Product .
Canadian exports from the viewpoint of the entire continent is 77.4 % which were delivered to the two countries that are partners of Canada per the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA )— this partners are the United States and Mexico . These countries can thank the trucking companies of Canada for being able to deliver exported products these countries request in an expedient manner . Canadian trucking companies are responsible for delivering the bulk of Canada ’ s export products to the United States and Mexico . Not only does the trucking industry get exports delivered in a timely fashion , the trucking industry in Canada is the most common occupation of Canadian men with more than 227,000 truck drivers in Canada .